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Prospero Fontana

1512 - 1597

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Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) was a Bolognese painter of late Renaissance and Mannerist art. He is perhaps best known for his frescoes and architectural detailing. The speed in which he completed paintings earned him commissions where he worked with other prominent artists of the period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prospero Fontana has received more than 34,931 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Prospero Fontana is the 859th most popular painter (up from 1,001st in 2019), the 2,197th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,407th in 2019) and the 190th most popular Italian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Prospero Fontana ranks 859 out of 2,023. Before him are Luca Cambiaso, Antonio de Pereda, Zurab Tsereteli, Isaak Brodsky, Leonaert Bramer, and Cigoli. After him are Wilhelm Marstrand, Thomas Rowlandson, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Hans Gude, Leandro Bassano, and Richard Gerstl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Prospero Fontana ranks 13. Before him are Manco Inca Yupanqui, Devlet I Giray, Robert Recorde, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Diego Laynez, and Sibylle of Cleves. After him are Galeazzo Alessi, Cristoforo Madruzzo, Marcin Kromer, Kamran Mirza, and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro. Among people deceased in 1597, Prospero Fontana ranks 17. Before him are Barbara Blomberg, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Gunilla Bielke, Won Gyun, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Luís Fróis. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Lucas van Valckenborch, Klaus Fleming, Fernando de Herrera, and Jakub Wujek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Prospero Fontana ranks 2,197 out of 5,161. Before him are Isabella Leonarda (1620), Oliviero Carafa (1430), Cigoli (1559), Felice Romani (1788), Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), and Roger of Salerno (1100). After him are Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Paolo Sarpi (1552), Mariangela Melato (1941), Godepert (610), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), and Ernesto Cesàro (1859).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Prospero Fontana ranks 190. Before him are Giovanni Baglione (1566), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1607), Vincenzo Catena (1470), Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719), Luca Cambiaso (1527), and Cigoli (1559). After him are Leandro Bassano (1557), Renato Guttuso (1911), Lucia Anguissola (1536), Gaspard Dughet (1613), Giampietrino (1495), and Il Pordenone (1484).

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